Why Steel?

The Smartest Looking House

Traditionally, steel roofing panels have been
used mostly for commercial, industrial and farm
buildings. Today's technological advances in
building materials have made it both practical
and economical to use pre-painted steel panels
in virtually all colour combinations for your
residential uses as well.

Ideal Roofing's oven-baked pre-painted
long-length sheets of steel panels are lighter
than all other contemporary roofing materials,
yet stronger, easy to install and maintain. They
resist punctures. shed snow, are durable,
weather tight, heat and fire-resistant and
environmentally-friendly. Under normal
conditions, steel panels resist chipping,
cracking, peeling and perforating for 40 years
while asphalt shingles are heavy, will lose
their flexibility with age, will crack and
become porous with time, making replacement a
costly necessity after 10, 15 or 20 years. Steel
roofing will age and probably lose its original
shine but can be repainted and brought back to
new life for many extra years.

Ideal Roofing's steel roofing panels will
usually be appropriate and fitting for most
architectural styles.

Designed and developed in Canada to resist
one of the world's harshest climates and most
extreme variations of temperature.

Ideal roofing's long-length steel roofing
panels are custom-cut to lengths up to 40 feet,
fastened and secured from ridge cap to eave,
often in one single sheet to minimize the number
of seams and joints and the risk of water
leakage.

No Need to Remove
Old Shingling!

An advantage worth considering if you
are in the process of renovating and re-roofing:
there is no need for you to remove the old
roofing. Simply install 1" x 4 " lumber
strapping at proper spans and fasten the steel
panels over the old roofing material. Your
renovated structure will look as good as new...
For a long time.

Environmentally Friendly

Covering over your old asphalt shingled
roof will save tons of waste material from
filling our dump sites and if, for some reason,
you ever need to remove your steel roof panels,
they can be melted down, and recycled into new
steel products.

Installation

One of the advantages of steel roofing panels
is the ease of installation. Both for new
construction and renovations, they can be
installed by an advanced do-it-yourselfer using
the proper tools and taking care in handling the
product.* Ideal Roofing also
supplies your retailer with all the necessary
standard or custom-made flashings, accessories
and components for you to do a perfect
installation job.

However, for the person who has little
experience in renovation work or for more
complicated roofing applications, it is
advisable to retain the services of a qualified
professional contractor to install your new
steel roof. Ask your friendly steel roofing
retailer to recommend a qualified installer or
applicator in your area.

*On new homes, the
installation of steel roofing panels over a
solid deck with a felt paper is recommended.

Maintenance

Steel roofing requires little or no
maintenance depending on the location and
setting of your home. Roofing surfaces may be
cleaned periodically with a simple garden hose
to remove natural contamination such as soot
spots from your fireplace chimney, natural gum
droplets from neighboring evergreen trees,
imprints from fallen leaves, etc.

To remove surface scratches, touch-up paint
in all product colours can be used to restore
the product's original finish, shine and beauty.

Ideal Roofing steel roofing products are sold
through a network of better lumber retailers and
building material dealers across eastern Canada
and the Northeastern United States.